Leo ABRAMAN

ABRAMAN, Leo

Service Numbers: 646, 5646
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
Born: Goldingen, Courland, Russia, 17 March 1895
Home Town: East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Salesman
Died: Adelaide, South Australia, 5 January 1969, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 1 Service

4 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 646, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 646, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
19 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5646, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), Battle for Pozières , GSW Left Forearm
4 Oct 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5646, 5th Infantry Battalion, Medicall Unfit

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Biography contributed by Sian Nielsen

Service Number

5646

Religion

Jewish

Marital status

Single

Age at embarkation

21

Height

5" 4.25"

Weight

128 lbs

Next of kin

Aunt, Mrs L Obermann, 56 Palmerston Street, Perth, Western Australia

Previous military service

Nil

Enlistment date

13 March 1916

Date of enlistment from National Roll

28 January 1916

Place of enlistment

Melbourne, Victoria

Rank on enlistment

Private

Unit name

5th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement

AWM Embarkation Roll number

23/22/3

Embarkation details

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Eurpides on 4 April 1916

Regimental number from Nominal Roll

5646

Fate

Returned to Australia 22 July 1917

Discharge date

4 October 1917

War service

Egypt, Western Front

 

Other details

Marched in to Tel el Kebir, 11 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 23 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France 4 June 1916; marched in to 4th Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 7 June 1916.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital , Etaples, 19 June 1916 (mumps); discharged to duty, 11 July 1916; taken on stranght, 5th Bn, 30 July 1916.

Wounded in action, 18 August 1916 (gun shot wound, forearm), and admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 20 August 1916; to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 24 August 1916; to Base Depot, 27 August 1916.

Appointed Acting Corporal, with extra duty pay, 10 January 1917.

Reverted to permanent rank of Private, 8 February 1917.

Transferred to England, 13 Febuaury 1917; marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 17 February 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Nestor', 22 July 1917, for Home Service (flat feet); deisembarked Melbourne, 24 September 1917; discharged, Perth, 4 October 1917.

Medals

British War Medal

Victory Medal

 

 

 

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